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How To Get Cheap Meals At Popular Restaurants

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Inexpensive meals don't have to be cheap, skimpy, or sup par. You can get excellent meals for less than $5; some for as little as $3.99!  Want to see some examples? Check out 3 Buck Bites. Kim Komando sums it up well: So, you have $3 in your pocket and you're hungry. But a fast food value menu isn't your style. That doesn't mean you have to go hungry. You just need to know where to get the most bang for your bucks. I suggest that you start at 3 Buck Bites. This new site was put together … [Read more...]

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The Perfect Recipe Organizer: Google Docs… It’s FREE!

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Following is an update on my search for the perfect recipe organizer... I've actually tried quite a few different recipe programs. For example, MealMaster and MasterCook were my longtime favorites, and they served me well (in a very basic sense) for many many years.  But it was time to start looking for a recipe organizer that fit my needs better. After trying it free for 30 days, then buying the Big Oven software ($29.95) and using the full program for a short time, I realized that … [Read more...]

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Edible Weeds – Don’t Kill The Weeds In Your Yard, Eat Them!

Did you know that most weeds that grow in your yard are actually edible? This means that even the worst gardener can produce food in the garden!  All you have to do is harvest it. Edible weeds are sadly overlooked as a source of food, nutrition, and variety that can be a valuable addition to our daily diets. After all, many of the edible plants that we call weeds are close relatives to the vegetables and herbs that are cultivated in our gardens. But these edible weeds grow on their own … [Read more...]

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How To Get FREE Cookbooks

I've written before about how the Internet is a cook's dream; thousands of recipes just a few keystrokes away.But now I've found a way to use the Internet to get cookbooks (and other books, for that matter) for FREE. It's actually really simple. Scribd.com is a website where you can download any number of books and publications.You can also upload your works and discuss with the site's community about your favorite books, authors, or whatever else is on your mind. … [Read more...]

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Find Recipes Using Ingredients You Already Have On Hand

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I'm at it again... my quarterly attempt to "try cooking up some fun recipes again". I consider it a personal challenge... and an attempt to overcome my lack of confidence in the kitchen. I've decided that a large part of my frustration in the past has been threefold: #1 ...trying to find enough quick & easy recipes that utilize ingredients that I already have on hand. #2 ...trying to find enough tasty recipes that are quick & easy. Period. #3 ...having enough decent cookware … [Read more...]

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Get Free M&M’s With This Promo Code

***SEE UPDATED PROMO CODES IN COMMENTS BELOW*** M&M's... Get your FREE M&M's here! That's right, the Mars company has announced a promo code that gets you a FREE bag of M&M's candy with your order of custom-printed M&Ms.   … [Read more...]

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Did You Get Your Free Wendy’s Frosty?

How many of you knew that Wendy's was offering a free Frosty to anyone who asked for it this past weekend? It was advertised on their website and in television commercials: Offer good Friday, May 13 through Sunday, May 15. No purchase necessary. Supposedly, it was to help promote goodwill with Wendy's customers again -- after the finger incident. Sunday night, after our visit to the movies, we swung by Wendy's for our free Frostys. But then Jim got cold feet... … [Read more...]

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Jack Daniel’s Tour Highlights

The Jack Daniel's Distillery in Lynchburg, Tennessee is close enough to Nashville that we take a road trip out there once a year or so. It's also a fun thing to do with guests whenever they're in town visiting us. The best part: It's FREE! Here are the highlights of our February 27th Jack Daniel's tour with Jim's parents. The tour itself lasts about 2 hours. You traverse approximately 9 acres (by foot) going in and out of buildings and warehouses -- with 18 different stops along the … [Read more...]

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